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When Faith awoke it was still dark she looked up from the couch to gazed at the now empty hospital bed and that's when it all came crashing at her and it was accompanied by the pain from the burn the teaser left in her backside, and just one name stuck on her mind.
'Angel'
She stood up and went outside running to the main desk on the floor where a petite nurse was on the phone, she noticed that it was past five on the clock before approaching the woman.
"Where is Spike?" She urged.
"Excuse me what? Where's who?"
"Mr. York, William York, Room 403, where is he?"
"I don't know miss, let me check"the woman looked on the computer. "I'm sorry miss, we don't have anyone registered in room 403, are you sure he was there?"
"What do you mean? I spent the whole night with him on that room. Maybe he was moved or something?" She knew it was pointless but she needed a reasonable excuse for his absence before she started to panic.
"I'm sorry I don't have anyone under York in this floor either, nothing the past 3 days at least so I think you might be mistaken-"
"Are you thick? I told you I've been with him all night, he arrived 2 days ago he was in a coma, there was this tall nurse watching over him, there were guards on his door..."
"Look I really don't know what are you talking about, I just got the morning shift a few minutes ago"
"Bullshit, I now he took him and you're probably under his payroll maybe even the whole hospital is. Shit!" with that she took off, she needed to get to Robin's, Call Wes maybe he might help somehow, and it wasn't to long since Angel was there, they couldn't be too far right?
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She didn't call Buffy on the way to Robin's, so standing there in front of his door wondering if she should come in had never been so hard, specially since she didn't have a clue on what was going on, she had call Wesley but he wasn't home, I t was too early for him to be in the office, but she tried anyway and all she got was message saying that due to technical problems the W&H lines were out of service, and she should try again in a few hours.
Then all of the sudden she heard the door knob turn, and before she could even panic Buffy was in front of her.
"Faith?" she wondered startled by the brunette in front of her
"Hi" she said tentatively.
"Wha- why are you here?" she said starting to panic at the frown of the other slayer.
"Angel took Spike"
"What?! How? Weren't you supposed to be watching him?"
"I was but the bastard teased me, I woke up 20 minutes ago and there was no trace of Spike in the hospital." She said defensively as she made her way trough the house.
"God, what does Angel want with him? Why didn't get here sooner?" she exclaimed as she followed and went to the living room.
That's when Robin decided to appear from the stairs.
"Buffy? What's the mater?" then he saw Faith and despite the worry he couldn't help but let a faint smile appear in his face. "Faith what happened?" he wondered as he approach her.
She shook her head "B I'm sorry, is my fault I should've been less stupid" she told the wide eyed slayer, who couldn't really understand what was going on.
"Faith what's going on?" Robin asked tentatively, worried at the sight of the 2 slayers acting so freaked out. The brunette turned to him "Angel he went by the hospital this morning I guess he had people with him they knocked me out, next thing I know I was laying in Spike's room but he wasn't there when I asked about him they said they had no records of any William York. God I'm sorry Buffy" she told the slayer who seemed calmer after hearing the whole story
"Don't be, is not your fault, all this is Angel's doings"
"Look I don't know this Angel guy that much, but what can he possibly wan with Spike? I mean I don't think killing him is what he wants, after all he could've done that and leave the corpse and the blame on Faith" Wood interjected.
"You're right that's why I called Wes on the way over; maybe he needs Spike for something, anyway Wes wasn't home and is to early for him to be at the office"
"Something like what? Do tests on him?" Buffy asked worried.
"Is an option, knowing Wolfram & Hart's procedures?"
"Ok, look can't sit here and do nothing, Faith why don't you take me to Wolfram & Hart? And Robin can you please wake Xander up, give him the 411 and call the rest of Angel's guys?" she asked making her way to the door.
"Sure, I'm also calling slayer central maybe they've heard something, anything comes up I'll call" he replied while watching them go.
"Thanks" and with that they hop in Faith's brand new Toyota and made their wait to the law firm.
A few minutes after the Slayer's departure the phone rang, it was Wesley and Fred calling to warn Buffy, Angel was planning something against spike, they were surprise to find out, Angel had already gone into action.
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Spike could feel he was in a car, he felt numb, he could smell his grandsire near, and that cause hi an urge not to open his eyes he started to remember the night before, all that Faith told him and it unnerved him not feeling her around, what were they taking him? Had Faith sold him out o the pooffster? No couldn't be the girl might have a bad ass attitude but she wasn't evil, involuntarily he le tout a sight.
"Boss I think he's coming to it, want me to give him something to make him sleep some more?"
"No is Ok, too much drugs and he could be hurt, no need to that yet" Angel replied, and Spike dare to open his eye, he couldn't focus his eyes well but he made out 4 figures, he moved a hand to find out he was chained to the bed he was on. One of the men was Angel, who gave him a side glance and went back to read some papers .
"where are you taking me peaches?"
"you'll see"
"You realize Buffy's gonna kick you ass after she finds you?"
"You worried about me?"
"Nah, just a warning, Y'know she gets stake happy when they hurt her men"
"Don't worry, after I'm done with you, Buffy won't want anything to do with you, and you'll be as far from a being a man as you'll ever be, now be a good boy and rest some more is a long ride"
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"Wait a second, are you telling me Angel not only took Spike , but he also made sure to knocked all of you outlast night and get you trapped inside his office, so that you wouldn't interfere with whatever plans he has? " Buffy the members of the A.I. team including Harmony, who were now sitting on the couch in Angel Office putting ice on their heads and slightly nodding their heads in spite of the pain.
"Ok what I don't get is how did this happen? Aren't you suppose to be the #1 demon fighting team in L.A and one lousy Vamp gets the better of you?" asked Faith in disbelieve.
"No, 5 lousy vampires got the better of us, and I'm pretty sure that after they hit us, they used teasers on us so that we wouldn't wake up, then we find out we can't open the door from the inside, luckily the didn't disconnect the phones and we were able to call Mr. Wood" Wesley explained
"Yeah well lucky for you, unfortunately for me he's got Spike and who knows here did he take him to"
"Blondie Bear?! You don't thing her gonna harm him do you?" The vampire asked the blond slayer who just shot her an annoyed look.
"All I know is that Angel isn't totally evil, if he was he wouldn't have let you all live" Buffy stated.
"I think you're quite right, there has something more to this, maybe... no I don't think"
"What Wes, Y'know something we don't?, cause I gotta tell you man, I'm not liking where this is going, I mean Angel is going to the dark side again, and you remember how that went don't you?" Gunn pointed out to Wesley, who just shook his head a little an stared at Buffy and Faith.
"well you see, I thing that seeing Spike alive affected him a great deal, specially since there's a prophecy referring to a vampire with a soul who is gonna find redemption and become human again "
"The thing is Spike Isn't Human, not according to the lab results anyway" Fred replied.
"What are you saying?"
"I'm saying that whatever is protecting spike against the sunlight, whatever is making him breathe and have a heartbeat is not biological, his DNA has the exact same structure as any other Vampire, what I think is happening to him has more to do with magic than with rewards"
"And when were you planning on sharing this information with the rest of us?" Asked Faith accusingly.
"I just remember that's what I was gonna tell Angel Last Night right before the big unconsciousness"
"Wait so, Spike's not really human? It was just a big joke?" Buffy asked her face fell as the little brunette shook her head no. "Sorry" she whispered.
"Well I'm certain I don't know anyone with the power to work such a spell, only in legends would vampires be granted such fortune as to be able to feel the sun without burning, let alone to be given his biological functions back even if it is only a glamour of some kind"
"Ok, so if this is a legend point me where I can find answers about it, Faith call Xander ask him to come and help, tell him to bring Andy and Will, I don't want to leave then unobserved, Wes do you mind us working here? Coz we can go elsewhere"
"of course not Buffy we're in this together, whatever happens to Spike And Angel is our Problem too, whatever you need just ask, now let me show you our library, and get the research started, Gunn You're in charge of running the office, we don't want anyone to find out Angel's gone MIA"
"Your call Man"
"Very well now if you 2 girls follow me, I promise we'll do everything we can to help you get Spike Buffy"
"Thank You Wes" she smiled at her former watcher knowing she could trust this man.
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"Willow what is it?" Dawn asked the witch next to her who stared breathing erratically. "I'm ok Dawnie, no need to worry, i just got a feeling something's going very wrong, can feel it in the air, there are big magics working in LA, allover California actually"
"Magics? How can you tell? Did you see something?"
"I did, and is not good"
"you think something's wrong with this whole Spike thing? "
"I thing that what's wrong is that I can't feel spike anymore, I mean when Buffy called I searched for Spike, you know to get a feel, to see if it was real and he was, but just now I did it again just to make sure and there was nothing, then it hit me, there is a lot of darkness surrounding L.A., surrounding Buffy"
"You think they are in danger?"
"I think they, we, always have been in danger Dawnie"
"I know, but before there wasn't any son of any vampire in the world, nor did we know about prophecies that revolve around him and his dad, prophecies we've neglected to tell my sister"
"I know but we did it for her own safety, if now is the time to tell her we will, but she didn't need to know .ok?"
"I just hate lying to her, and I'm worried for Will"
"Me too sweetie, me too"
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When Faith awoke it was still dark she looked up from the couch to gazed at the now empty hospital bed and that's when it all came crashing at her and it was accompanied by the pain from the burn the teaser left in her backside, and just one name stuck on her mind.
'Angel'
She stood up and went outside running to the main desk on the floor where a petite nurse was on the phone, she noticed that it was past five on the clock before approaching the woman.
"Where is Spike?" She urged.
"Excuse me what? Where's who?"
"Mr. York, William York, Room 403, where is he?"
"I don't know miss, let me check"the woman looked on the computer. "I'm sorry miss, we don't have anyone registered in room 403, are you sure he was there?"
"What do you mean? I spent the whole night with him on that room. Maybe he was moved or something?" She knew it was pointless but she needed a reasonable excuse for his absence before she started to panic.
"I'm sorry I don't have anyone under York in this floor either, nothing the past 3 days at least so I think you might be mistaken-"
"Are you thick? I told you I've been with him all night, he arrived 2 days ago he was in a coma, there was this tall nurse watching over him, there were guards on his door..."
"Look I really don't know what are you talking about, I just got the morning shift a few minutes ago"
"Bullshit, I now he took him and you're probably under his payroll maybe even the whole hospital is. Shit!" with that she took off, she needed to get to Robin's, Call Wes maybe he might help somehow, and it wasn't to long since Angel was there, they couldn't be too far right?
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She didn't call Buffy on the way to Robin's, so standing there in front of his door wondering if she should come in had never been so hard, specially since she didn't have a clue on what was going on, she had call Wesley but he wasn't home, I t was too early for him to be in the office, but she tried anyway and all she got was message saying that due to technical problems the W&H lines were out of service, and she should try again in a few hours.
Then all of the sudden she heard the door knob turn, and before she could even panic Buffy was in front of her.
"Faith?" she wondered startled by the brunette in front of her
"Hi" she said tentatively.
"Wha- why are you here?" she said starting to panic at the frown of the other slayer.
"Angel took Spike"
"What?! How? Weren't you supposed to be watching him?"
"I was but the bastard teased me, I woke up 20 minutes ago and there was no trace of Spike in the hospital." She said defensively as she made her way trough the house.
"God, what does Angel want with him? Why didn't get here sooner?" she exclaimed as she followed and went to the living room.
That's when Robin decided to appear from the stairs.
"Buffy? What's the mater?" then he saw Faith and despite the worry he couldn't help but let a faint smile appear in his face. "Faith what happened?" he wondered as he approach her.
She shook her head "B I'm sorry, is my fault I should've been less stupid" she told the wide eyed slayer, who couldn't really understand what was going on.
"Faith what's going on?" Robin asked tentatively, worried at the sight of the 2 slayers acting so freaked out. The brunette turned to him "Angel he went by the hospital this morning I guess he had people with him they knocked me out, next thing I know I was laying in Spike's room but he wasn't there when I asked about him they said they had no records of any William York. God I'm sorry Buffy" she told the slayer who seemed calmer after hearing the whole story
"Don't be, is not your fault, all this is Angel's doings"
"Look I don't know this Angel guy that much, but what can he possibly wan with Spike? I mean I don't think killing him is what he wants, after all he could've done that and leave the corpse and the blame on Faith" Wood interjected.
"You're right that's why I called Wes on the way over; maybe he needs Spike for something, anyway Wes wasn't home and is to early for him to be at the office"
"Something like what? Do tests on him?" Buffy asked worried.
"Is an option, knowing Wolfram & Hart's procedures?"
"Ok, look can't sit here and do nothing, Faith why don't you take me to Wolfram & Hart? And Robin can you please wake Xander up, give him the 411 and call the rest of Angel's guys?" she asked making her way to the door.
"Sure, I'm also calling slayer central maybe they've heard something, anything comes up I'll call" he replied while watching them go.
"Thanks" and with that they hop in Faith's brand new Toyota and made their wait to the law firm.
A few minutes after the Slayer's departure the phone rang, it was Wesley and Fred calling to warn Buffy, Angel was planning something against spike, they were surprise to find out, Angel had already gone into action.
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Spike could feel he was in a car, he felt numb, he could smell his grandsire near, and that cause hi an urge not to open his eyes he started to remember the night before, all that Faith told him and it unnerved him not feeling her around, what were they taking him? Had Faith sold him out o the pooffster? No couldn't be the girl might have a bad ass attitude but she wasn't evil, involuntarily he le tout a sight.
"Boss I think he's coming to it, want me to give him something to make him sleep some more?"
"No is Ok, too much drugs and he could be hurt, no need to that yet" Angel replied, and Spike dare to open his eye, he couldn't focus his eyes well but he made out 4 figures, he moved a hand to find out he was chained to the bed he was on. One of the men was Angel, who gave him a side glance and went back to read some papers .
"where are you taking me peaches?"
"you'll see"
"You realize Buffy's gonna kick you ass after she finds you?"
"You worried about me?"
"Nah, just a warning, Y'know she gets stake happy when they hurt her men"
"Don't worry, after I'm done with you, Buffy won't want anything to do with you, and you'll be as far from a being a man as you'll ever be, now be a good boy and rest some more is a long ride"
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"Wait a second, are you telling me Angel not only took Spike , but he also made sure to knocked all of you outlast night and get you trapped inside his office, so that you wouldn't interfere with whatever plans he has? " Buffy the members of the A.I. team including Harmony, who were now sitting on the couch in Angel Office putting ice on their heads and slightly nodding their heads in spite of the pain.
"Ok what I don't get is how did this happen? Aren't you suppose to be the #1 demon fighting team in L.A and one lousy Vamp gets the better of you?" asked Faith in disbelieve.
"No, 5 lousy vampires got the better of us, and I'm pretty sure that after they hit us, they used teasers on us so that we wouldn't wake up, then we find out we can't open the door from the inside, luckily the didn't disconnect the phones and we were able to call Mr. Wood" Wesley explained
"Yeah well lucky for you, unfortunately for me he's got Spike and who knows here did he take him to"
"Blondie Bear?! You don't thing her gonna harm him do you?" The vampire asked the blond slayer who just shot her an annoyed look.
"All I know is that Angel isn't totally evil, if he was he wouldn't have let you all live" Buffy stated.
"I think you're quite right, there has something more to this, maybe... no I don't think"
"What Wes, Y'know something we don't?, cause I gotta tell you man, I'm not liking where this is going, I mean Angel is going to the dark side again, and you remember how that went don't you?" Gunn pointed out to Wesley, who just shook his head a little an stared at Buffy and Faith.
"well you see, I thing that seeing Spike alive affected him a great deal, specially since there's a prophecy referring to a vampire with a soul who is gonna find redemption and become human again "
"The thing is Spike Isn't Human, not according to the lab results anyway" Fred replied.
"What are you saying?"
"I'm saying that whatever is protecting spike against the sunlight, whatever is making him breathe and have a heartbeat is not biological, his DNA has the exact same structure as any other Vampire, what I think is happening to him has more to do with magic than with rewards"
"And when were you planning on sharing this information with the rest of us?" Asked Faith accusingly.
"I just remember that's what I was gonna tell Angel Last Night right before the big unconsciousness"
"Wait so, Spike's not really human? It was just a big joke?" Buffy asked her face fell as the little brunette shook her head no. "Sorry" she whispered.
"Well I'm certain I don't know anyone with the power to work such a spell, only in legends would vampires be granted such fortune as to be able to feel the sun without burning, let alone to be given his biological functions back even if it is only a glamour of some kind"
"Ok, so if this is a legend point me where I can find answers about it, Faith call Xander ask him to come and help, tell him to bring Andy and Will, I don't want to leave then unobserved, Wes do you mind us working here? Coz we can go elsewhere"
"of course not Buffy we're in this together, whatever happens to Spike And Angel is our Problem too, whatever you need just ask, now let me show you our library, and get the research started, Gunn You're in charge of running the office, we don't want anyone to find out Angel's gone MIA"
"Your call Man"
"Very well now if you 2 girls follow me, I promise we'll do everything we can to help you get Spike Buffy"
"Thank You Wes" she smiled at her former watcher knowing she could trust this man.
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"Willow what is it?" Dawn asked the witch next to her who stared breathing erratically. "I'm ok Dawnie, no need to worry, i just got a feeling something's going very wrong, can feel it in the air, there are big magics working in LA, allover California actually"
"Magics? How can you tell? Did you see something?"
"I did, and is not good"
"you think something's wrong with this whole Spike thing? "
"I thing that what's wrong is that I can't feel spike anymore, I mean when Buffy called I searched for Spike, you know to get a feel, to see if it was real and he was, but just now I did it again just to make sure and there was nothing, then it hit me, there is a lot of darkness surrounding L.A., surrounding Buffy"
"You think they are in danger?"
"I think they, we, always have been in danger Dawnie"
"I know, but before there wasn't any son of any vampire in the world, nor did we know about prophecies that revolve around him and his dad, prophecies we've neglected to tell my sister"
"I know but we did it for her own safety, if now is the time to tell her we will, but she didn't need to know .ok?"
"I just hate lying to her, and I'm worried for Will"
"Me too sweetie, me too"
TBC